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November 5th, 2014

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWFXttBlSJI](Video Link)The parents of YouTube user Hmeskens had a pet baby squirrel. When he grew up, he ran away to live in the wild. But ihe occasionally visits to play with his childho...

(Photo of a Chicago PD piper by Jamie McCaffrey)If you want to gauge the sorry state of higher education in the United States, this statistic tells you everything you need to know: there is only 1 college in the entire c...

[http://youtu.be/Xuk_0IrguDA] (YouTube link)In this week’s mental_floss List Show, John Green has some very diverse and sundry tips concerning your money. And that’s something we all care about! I have to won...

. . . and the bartender says, "Why the long face?"Well, maybe not at this bar. Twitter user @kawanabesatou makes tiny living rooms, kitchens, and bars for his hamsters and photographs them at work. Bartendi...

Redditor senekafalls commissioned the creation of this, the world's greatest car window sticker. Car Stickers did the actual work, but it was senekafalls's idea--and a brilliant one at that. S/he says that it's printed o...

Freddy Fazbear's Pizza by NinjainkCome to Freddy Fazbear's for the animatronic entertainment and stay for the good food and fun games, but don't stay too long...you wouldn't want Freddy catching you in his restaurant af...

[http://youtu.be/mNz6eHfsESQ] (YouTube link)The master trash-talker of the 1980s wasn’t a sports figure or even a politician -it was Skeletor, the eternal antagonist of He-Man and the Master of the Universe*/em...

Tragically, people with deformities, biological abnormalities and other variances from the norm were often bought, sold and exhibited in "freak shows" or circus sideshows. The popularity of this practice first took off i...

[http://youtu.be/8zbOLL5dC1E] (YouTube link)I never knew lobster diving was a thing. It’s a bit like noodling -you catch them with your hands! Rick Coleman is an experienced lobster diver, but his wife Susie had ne...

"Pup Fiction"Self-described "writer, illustrator, designer and geek" Austin Light decided to have some fun with Reddit. Light collected the movie title typos of Redditors for the month of October and made these clever dr...

(Photo: Rolf Müller)In the village of Tappan in Rockland County, New York, there is a circular plot of ground dedicated to the memory of Major John André, a British Army officer whom General George Wa...

Cake designer Kylie Mangles challenged herself to do something new and different with cake that she’d never done before. She selected an image of Ralph Wiggum from The Simpsons by Erick Flores called Cutou...

[http://youtu.be/d8jaWnoTXxA]YouTube LinkA Burlington, North Carolina Olive Garden restaurant has had a constant companion since Alan Martin, a minister and father of two, purchased their "Never Ending P...

w00t! It's sale time over at the NeatoShop: For every 3 shirts you buy, you'll get one shirt of equal or lesser value FREE. It's simple: just put 4 items in your shopping cart to view the discount (it's like 25%...

[http://youtu.be/kshb9a6mZS8]YouTube LinkAccording to daddy Don Swift, he was shooting video of his baby learning to crawl when his black Labrador retriever gave her an extra reward for her efforts. A do...

Alice's Fall by Kellabell9Even though Alice was falling down a seemingly never ending rabbit hole at an alarming rate she couldn't help but appreciate the beauty of her surroundings. The walls were full of vibrant textu...

When you don’t know your ass from a hole in the ground, they can get mixed up. In Pratteln, Switzerland, that is exactly what happened when a 13-year-old donkey named Nilo fell down a manhole early Saturday...

The problem with most fire pits is that when you aren't using them, they take up a lot of space. The clunky designs are nice to have, but they're hardly handy when your kids want to run in the yard. This cool Hole Fire P...

There’s a famous photo from the Golden Age of Hollywood that features actress Sophia Loren giving blonde bombshell Jayne Mansfield’s abundant cleavage some rather disapproving side eyes:(Image Via Rex Feature...

[http://youtu.be/TPJWuImLbtc] (YouTube link)You know it's true. Your cat has high standards that you'll never live up to. But take comfort in the fact that every other house cat is judging their person the same way. -via...

This amusing capture by acclaimed Dutch photographer Marsel van Oosten shows a Japanese snow monkey (also known as a Japanese macaque) who mischieviously stole a tourist's iPhone at the Jigokudani Monkey Park i...

The yaybahar sounds like an electronic synthesizer, but it’s a completely acoustic instrument that uses only drum-like membranes, strings, mallets, and bows. When its inventor, Görkem Şen, plays it, the yayba...

Garfield the cat has appeared in movies, television shows, and, most importantly, comic strips since 1978. Scott Neumyer of Mental Floss rounded up 20 fun facts about the long-lived cat.For example, cart...